Although inherited from ancient oracular traditions, in Christian iconography the sibyls become allegorical figures linking the mysteries of ancient religions with the mystery of Revelation.
See also Augustus and the Sibyl in "Historical subject. Augustus (63 BC - 14 AD)" and, on Aeneas' descent into the Underworld with the Sibyl, "Aeneid. Aeneas in the Underworld".
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